| • | Power Cooling headers permit intensive cooling of hot strip |
| • | Improved strip cooling extends product range and reduces need for alloying agents |
Siemens Metals Technologies has won an order to modernize the cooling section in the hot rolling mill No. 2 of Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Wisco) in the Chinese city of Wuhan. New Power Cooling headers will be installed, the laminar cooling headers will be partly replaced with Turbo Laminar Cooling headers and the cooling model will be updated to the state of the art. The higher cooling rates will enable Wisco to produce additional steel grades, in particular for the automotive industry and pipeline construction. At the same time, the use of expensive alloying agents can be reduced thanks to improved strip cooling. Modernization of the cooling system is due to be completed in February 2015.